Lake Hartwell (Army Corps of Engineers) · SC

Twin Lakes has 8 open nights left in October 2026.

Twin Lakes campground
Photo: Recreation.gov

A Corps of Engineers campground on Lake Hartwell in the South Carolina upstate, a popular boating reservoir on the Georgia border.

Your dates

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Live availability
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8 open nights in October 2026.

October 2026
October 2026 availability at Twin Lakes
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2223 open23full24full
2541 open2647 open2745 open2842 open2925 open303 open315 open

open — tap to book on recreation.govfull — tap to get alerted for that nightweekend

These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.

Last 30 days at Twin Lakes

39 cancellations opened 70 nights here

cancellations we saw
39
gone within an hour
19%
gone within a day
81%
Fri/Sat nights
76%

Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 39 cancellations open up at Twin Lakes (about 9 a week), covering 70 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 47 nights we saw open and then close again, 19% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 62% within six hours and 81% within a day. Monday was the busiest day for them (22%). 76% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.

These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.

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Free alerts

Watching Fri, Oct 16 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.

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Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.

Carried over from your check above. One trip per watch, up to 14 nights.

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Priority Pass checks this watch every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you usually hear about an opening before a free watch would. It also unlocks phone notifications.

Either button sets the free alert. “Alert me faster — $10” goes to Stripe first — stop there and nothing is charged.

Last catch here — a date opened, gone by our next check (within 1553 min). That window is what an instant email wins you.

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Weekends and prime dates go first. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.

Openings we've detected

Recent openings we caught at Twin Lakes

Detected (local)Date affectedResolution
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 1553 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 2990 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 1134 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 1390 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 172 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 56 min)
Sat, Oct 17still open at our last check
Fri, Oct 16still open at our last check
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (within 155 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 2899 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 5297 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 881 min)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (within 101 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 143 min)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (within 143 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 200 min)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (within 200 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 53 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 53 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 169 min)

Watching since Sep 8, 2026. Our shared checker refreshes about every 15 minutes — that is the measurement; your watch is the alert. A free watch checks every hour; a Priority Pass watch checks every 5 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.

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From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →

The loop

How it works

01Tell us the nights you want at Twin Lakes.
02Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it.
03When a site opens, you get an email with the booking link — booking stays in your hands.
Straight answers

Questions

Is Twin Lakes sold out this weekend?

As of Oct 22, 9:24 PM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 is full and Sat, Oct 24 is full at Twin Lakes. A free watch emails you the moment a cancellation opens either night.

How often do sites open up at Twin Lakes?

Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 39 cancellations open up at Twin Lakes (about 9 a week), covering 70 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 47 nights we saw open and then close again, 19% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 62% within six hours and 81% within a day. These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.

When do cancellations show up at Twin Lakes?

Monday was the busiest day for them (22%). 76% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.

How fast are alerts?

Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.

How many campgrounds can I watch?

As many as you like, on one email address — every campground page has the same form. Each watch is separate, with its own dates and its own one-click stop.

What does it cost?

Watching is free — no card, no account. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner.

Does it book for me?

No — you get the booking link the moment a site opens; booking stays in your hands, on the reservation system's own site.

How do I stop, or change my dates?

Every email has a one-click stop link. A watch ends by itself the day after your last night, with a note on what it saw. For new dates, subscribe again on the campground page — it takes ten seconds.

For AI agents — feed URL and subscribe API

Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/lake-hartwell/twin-lakes-hartwell.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment Twin Lakes opens up:

POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{"targetSlug":"lake-hartwell/twin-lakes-hartwell","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}

Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md

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